timpeallach
Irish edit
Etymology edit
From timpeall (“round, circuit; roundabout; surrounding, encircling position; circumference, girth”) + -ach.
Adjective edit
timpeallach (genitive singular masculine timpeallaigh, genitive singular feminine timpeallaí, plural timpeallacha, comparative timpeallaí)
Declension edit
Declension of timpeallach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | timpeallach | thimpeallach | timpeallacha; thimpeallacha² | |
| Vocative | thimpeallaigh | timpeallacha | ||
| Genitive | timpeallaí | timpeallacha | timpeallach | |
| Dative | timpeallach; thimpeallach¹ |
thimpeallach; thimpeallaigh (archaic) |
timpeallacha; thimpeallacha² | |
| Comparative | níos timpeallaí | |||
| Superlative | is timpeallaí | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Related terms edit
- timpeallacht f (“surroundings, environment, milieu; entourage”)
Mutation edit
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| timpeallach | thimpeallach | dtimpeallach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading edit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “timpeallach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “timpeallach” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “timpeallach” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.